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but after the election, speaker boehner and now that the american people have spoken, speaker boehner has more weight behind him to say to his caucus, folks, get in line. >> in last night's interview the speaker talked about obama care. i want to remind everybody what he had to say about that. >> the alexeis that. the the president is reelected. obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care? >> there may be parts of it that we believe need e to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> okay. obama care is the law of the land. maybe parts of it could be changed. it seems very conciliatory. but almost immediately, the speaker sent out a tweet saying that the goal is and will remain full repeal. and there it is. obama care is the law of the land but it's threatening jobs. our goal will remain full repeal. is the speaker talking out of both sides of his mouth. he's either lying to diane sawyer or to everybody on twit per. >> the goal is full repeal. at the end of the day, given the fact the president has bee
but after the election, speaker boehner and now that the american people have spoken, speaker boehner has more weight behind him to say to his caucus, folks, get in line. >> in last night's interview the speaker talked about obama care. i want to remind everybody what he had to say about that. >> the alexeis that. the the president is reelected. obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care? >> there may be...
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boehner and the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell but was told they were asleep. >> wake them up, for goodness sake. >> he is the president. >> wake him up. >> yesterday, yesterday, senate majority leader harry reid struck a tone of cautious optimism. >> it's better to dance than to fight. it's bettor work together. i want to work together but i want everyone to also understand, you can't push us around. >> hours later there was some reason for hope. the word revenue which speaker boehner used 15 times in a 12-minute press conference and not always in a completely negative context. >> the news via tax reform. we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. republicans have signaled a willingness to accept new revenue. if it comes from growth and reform. >> has boehner opened the door to compromise and extended an actual olive branch. he alluded to the grand bargain that slipped away a year ago. >> closer to the critical mass needed legislatively to get tax reform done. the president and i talked about it extensively during the summer of 2011. it will require we
boehner and the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell but was told they were asleep. >> wake them up, for goodness sake. >> he is the president. >> wake him up. >> yesterday, yesterday, senate majority leader harry reid struck a tone of cautious optimism. >> it's better to dance than to fight. it's bettor work together. i want to work together but i want everyone to also understand, you can't push us around. >> hours later there was some reason for hope....
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. >> you can see how he responds to john boehner, said this week, signaled that he's willing to accept maybe the government will collect some more revenue, but let's not raise tax rate. let's get rid of deduction and benefits of simplicity there and thinking about trying to get economic growth. i think if the president responds by saying let's do a bipartisan reform instead of demanding trillions in new tax revenue, then i think that would be a good thing. >> paul: one of the thing boehner, my sources are saying, they would like to do is to get the president extend the bush tax rates for another year to avoid an immediate blow to the economy and time to negotiate a larger tax reform and entitlement deal. if the president insists, said, look, i litigated taxes in the election, tax rates are going up right away and automatically are and i'm going to insist on that, then do you think we're back to the barricades? >> that's a sign that the first term was instructive and the des moines register was not, that he's going to stay to the left. he's also, he's facing another eform must challenge
. >> you can see how he responds to john boehner, said this week, signaled that he's willing to accept maybe the government will collect some more revenue, but let's not raise tax rate. let's get rid of deduction and benefits of simplicity there and thinking about trying to get economic growth. i think if the president responds by saying let's do a bipartisan reform instead of demanding trillions in new tax revenue, then i think that would be a good thing. >> paul: one of the thing...
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after the election john boehner got criticism even from my party saying look, mr. president we will meet you halfway and give you the $800 billion in revenue and the president doubles the number. then last week he said all right let's try and get as many after hostages out alive and try as keep taxes from going up and we couldn't get a single democrat to join with us on a single bill introduced this summer which was saving all taxpayers a million dollars and below from the tax rates going on. not a single democrat would join with us. this didn't a problem of two well intentioned negotiators not able to come up with a deal. this is the house having to negotiate with itself and the president who i believe is beginning to show his cards which is someone who doesn't really want to deal, who for whatever reason believes that it is to his political benefit or are a potential gain for us to go over this cliff to try and make us look obstinate in the house. >> greta: i have the president's statements so i will pick on him. he says i had a good and constructive discussion h
after the election john boehner got criticism even from my party saying look, mr. president we will meet you halfway and give you the $800 billion in revenue and the president doubles the number. then last week he said all right let's try and get as many after hostages out alive and try as keep taxes from going up and we couldn't get a single democrat to join with us on a single bill introduced this summer which was saving all taxpayers a million dollars and below from the tax rates going on....
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john boehner won't get his way. they lost the election. the election was partly over this issue of raising taxes on wealthy and having a more the president wasn't at all vague or secretive about this. he has a clear mandate about that. my only other point is there are other things like sensible tax reform, closing loopholes, where there really is common ground and they should be able to come to some agreement. >> let us hope so. you don't agree with ari? >> you don't think there's any common ground? >> go ahead. >> i think it's pretty clearf you look at everyeye agenda rep obstructed, denied votes entirely, or opposed it when there were votes. i think that's across the board the problem with the message we got yesterday from the republican leaders is, we're now looking at the apex of time for graciousness and cooperation, right? there's no time in american history when it's more expected -- >> absolutely. >> -- than the night of the re-election of the president of the united states -- >> what did you get from john boehner? >> 300-plus elec
john boehner won't get his way. they lost the election. the election was partly over this issue of raising taxes on wealthy and having a more the president wasn't at all vague or secretive about this. he has a clear mandate about that. my only other point is there are other things like sensible tax reform, closing loopholes, where there really is common ground and they should be able to come to some agreement. >> let us hope so. you don't agree with ari? >> you don't think there's...
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boehner couldn't pass a million dollar tax increase. why do we think he can get something out of the house if they lower it to 400,000 or 500,000. we are skeptical that they can come together with the solution in the next five or six days. >> marty, we spent a lot of time talking about the house. what is mitch mcconnell thinking in the senate? >> he is a fascinating part of this. first of all, he is probably going to vote against any deal that raises taxes. whether he actively whips against it or lets it go, there is a number of senate republicans who seem open to upper income tax increases. some of the new england moderates, scott brown and susan collins. it doesn't seem like it would be as challenging to get something out of the senate. he is not going to stick his neck out and get something to the senate floor to have the house blow it up. >> marty, we have heard voices saying the same thing. you have tom coal saying we should go long with the tax increases. >> even in the minority. the republicans were 20 votes short. we sometimes f
boehner couldn't pass a million dollar tax increase. why do we think he can get something out of the house if they lower it to 400,000 or 500,000. we are skeptical that they can come together with the solution in the next five or six days. >> marty, we spent a lot of time talking about the house. what is mitch mcconnell thinking in the senate? >> he is a fascinating part of this. first of all, he is probably going to vote against any deal that raises taxes. whether he actively whips...
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for boehner, that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. a critical juncture boehner didn't bother to return the president's phone calls. when they connected, the furious president was spewing coals. the president acknowledged he was angry, but also tells woodward, he had sympathy for boehner because he couldn't control extremists in the new tea party congress. you see how crazy these people are. >> i understand him, the people said. through woodward, the total breakdown of the talks reflected badly on everyone. it was clear no one was running washington. it was trouble for everyone, but especially for obama. >> woodward shows an almost complete lack of communications between republicans in the white house. when republicans won the house in 2010, the president wanted to call john boehner to congratulate him, and nobody in the white house had his phone number. >> thanks so much, john. on monday, you'll hear more of the incredible drama unveiled by bob woodward, our ful
for boehner, that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. a critical juncture boehner didn't bother to return the president's phone calls. when they connected, the furious president was spewing coals. the president acknowledged he was angry, but also tells woodward, he had sympathy for boehner because he couldn't control extremists in the new tea party congress. you see how crazy these people are. >> i understand him, the people said....
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which john boehner will show up? the one to make a deal or otect the flank of the tea party? >> it's a fascinating question. as soon as it ends, there is a real and looming crisis for the country. my guess is that john boehner does not sort of offer too much in the way of branches or stick too hard line. the statements the day after the election is an opening bid. i do not think after john boehner watched the president be re-elected between 300 and 332 electoral votes and democrats pick up seats in the u.s. senate and after he party lose a handful of seats in the house, i don't think he's going to go hard line and i don't think he's con sillatory either. >> thanks so much. it's going to be a good ride. that does it for us. tomorrow, we have virginia governor bob macdonald. hi, tamron. >> great to see you. in the next hour, the home coming you might call it. president obama ready to leave chicago and head back to washington fresh off his victory. that's happening in the next hour. conservative republican steve dice out of iowa and the cleveland plain dealer's joe frolic join m
which john boehner will show up? the one to make a deal or otect the flank of the tea party? >> it's a fascinating question. as soon as it ends, there is a real and looming crisis for the country. my guess is that john boehner does not sort of offer too much in the way of branches or stick too hard line. the statements the day after the election is an opening bid. i do not think after john boehner watched the president be re-elected between 300 and 332 electoral votes and democrats pick...
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juan, you said people say boehner is safe and i have been hearing opposite. i like boehner. tough situation. trying to herd cats. i don't agree what we did the other day to put a bill on the floor he doesn't have support for. but you think he won't hold on. >> juan: i think he will hold on. i don't think there is enough time before january 3 to line up. what happened to john boehner, my gosh, they -- his troops abandoned him. >> andrea: mccarthy is the whip. he should know how many works he has. >> juan: he works for boehner. >> kimberly: but he goes back -- it was a mess. >> juan: the dynamic didn't make sense. this goes back to what eric said. he, what everybody on the far right side why am i not going to put a vote in place not coming to reality. there >> exactly. no way, true conservative doesn't want taxes to go up. >> juan: but this is where we differ. negotiate and compromise if you care about the country and the economy at some point. i have been elected but let's goletnegotiate. >> kimberly: is president obama going to negotiate? >> eric: if it doesn't start with 25
juan, you said people say boehner is safe and i have been hearing opposite. i like boehner. tough situation. trying to herd cats. i don't agree what we did the other day to put a bill on the floor he doesn't have support for. but you think he won't hold on. >> juan: i think he will hold on. i don't think there is enough time before january 3 to line up. what happened to john boehner, my gosh, they -- his troops abandoned him. >> andrea: mccarthy is the whip. he should know how many...
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we saying to speaker boehner, here is what we need in revenue as part of a balanced plan. we think you get there by reagans the rates to the clinton era levels. we will look at it, we think the way to do it is to have the rate return for high income earners for clinton era levels. >>neil: is this guy creating a distraction for this guy? ♪ buy 5-hour energy pink lemonade and ♪ ♪ you can help others along the way. ♪ ♪ a portion of every bottle that they sell goes to fight ♪ ♪ breast cancer and i think that's swell. ♪ ♪ the more you take, the more they'll pay, ♪ ♪ so make them write a big check today. ♪ ♪ and if you're feeling a little slow, ♪ ♪ then 5-hour energy will help you go. ♪ ♪ so buy a bottle of pink lemonade and ♪ ♪ you can help fight breast cancer today. ♪ >>neil: a sex scandal ended this man's career, and how much could it affect this man's career, saying that c.i.a. new from day one benghazi attack was terrorism and the white house said otherwise. the ball is in the president's court the next move could make. >> the differe
we saying to speaker boehner, here is what we need in revenue as part of a balanced plan. we think you get there by reagans the rates to the clinton era levels. we will look at it, we think the way to do it is to have the rate return for high income earners for clinton era levels. >>neil: is this guy creating a distraction for this guy? ♪ buy 5-hour energy pink lemonade and ♪ ♪ you can help others along the way. ♪ ♪ a portion of every bottle that they sell goes to fight ♪ ♪...
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boehner high bound by the fact that mr. limbaugh has been one of the republican party's most influential spokesman. >> miss fluke was asked to testify in front of a house committee that was having hearings on the birth control issue. that was the hearing where they had five men testifying about women's family planning and they refused to have miss fluke come and testify on the panel because as darrell issa said he didn't think she was qualified to talk about this matter. we had her come and testify in an informal hearing the next week. that's where she talked about the fact that her friend needed birth control because she had ovarian cancer and her tumor grew rapidly because she was unable to get insurance coverage. this is just offensive in every way. we think the house republicans should formally repudiate what rush limbaugh is saying because this whole thing started at a committee hearing that they themselves scheduled. >> this is their leading light. chris hat matthews calls him the spiritual leader. this is man that ca
boehner high bound by the fact that mr. limbaugh has been one of the republican party's most influential spokesman. >> miss fluke was asked to testify in front of a house committee that was having hearings on the birth control issue. that was the hearing where they had five men testifying about women's family planning and they refused to have miss fluke come and testify on the panel because as darrell issa said he didn't think she was qualified to talk about this matter. we had her come...
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boehner gets what he wants. the tea party gets what they want which is a no vote. >> sean: you are not happy about it are you? >> i'm not happy at all. the deal we will be hurt, the american people, your children, my grandchildren they are the ones that will pay for this with the is sequestration for their standard of living for the next 20 years and we can't act like this is a victory when it is a defeat. >> sean: if they are playing washington games why are they even there. they weren't elected to play games like this. they were elected to govern. this is frustrating. you know why? then we have the debt ceiling coming up. what excuse will they come up? >> they will not cut spending. harry reid, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, they are not going to cut spending. >> sean: how about the republicans? >> i hope the next time the republicans don't get rolled like they will be rolled the next 48 hours. >> sean: in one sense, joe, i got to give your president a lot of credit. he went out there, went out campaigning. he d
boehner gets what he wants. the tea party gets what they want which is a no vote. >> sean: you are not happy about it are you? >> i'm not happy at all. the deal we will be hurt, the american people, your children, my grandchildren they are the ones that will pay for this with the is sequestration for their standard of living for the next 20 years and we can't act like this is a victory when it is a defeat. >> sean: if they are playing washington games why are they even there....
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speaker boehner will make $224,600. that's $30,000 more than the pay of senate and house majority and minority leaders. those raises maybe good news for congress. but the rest of america won't be so happy when they see their paycheck next year. it's almost certain that the government will not extend the payroll tax holiday. that means a 2% tax increase for every last one of us. joining me is gerald bernstein, a senior fellow at the center of budget and policy priorities. get the title out. let's get to business. why are we not talking about this? talking about the cliff, but everybody's taxes going up with the payroll tax holiday. >>ith a great question, t.j. an important and underappreciated part of the fiscal cliff. the answer to the why is it really doesn't have any champions. when you hear the list of things people fighting for, estate tax, you hear the unemployment extension, things like that. you don't even hear this listed anymore. i know for a fact that the white house was fighting for this. they understand how
speaker boehner will make $224,600. that's $30,000 more than the pay of senate and house majority and minority leaders. those raises maybe good news for congress. but the rest of america won't be so happy when they see their paycheck next year. it's almost certain that the government will not extend the payroll tax holiday. that means a 2% tax increase for every last one of us. joining me is gerald bernstein, a senior fellow at the center of budget and policy priorities. get the title out....
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>> we saw last week, that speaker boehner doesn't control the far right of his caucus. this is the reality check, folks, 98% is agreed upon. 98% of americans shouldn't have their taxes raised. we're being held hostage by debate over the top 2%. that's a partisan divide. every american stands to see their taxes raised in three days if they can't come to a deal. >> you agree they will probably come to a small deal. but the bigger issue could happen a couple of months from now, and that that's the debt ceiling. that's kicking the can down the road again. >> that's right. we're going to be here again. remember the debt ceiling debacle a year and a half ago. that led to the downgrading of our credit. and the s&p blamed an atmosphere of partisanship. but the ration questions americans have to ask themselves, is if we couldn't get anything done in the lame duck congress, after the election, politicians will be free to reason together. why should it be any different or any better in a new congress? >> what does it say about the state of our politics? that these elected official
>> we saw last week, that speaker boehner doesn't control the far right of his caucus. this is the reality check, folks, 98% is agreed upon. 98% of americans shouldn't have their taxes raised. we're being held hostage by debate over the top 2%. that's a partisan divide. every american stands to see their taxes raised in three days if they can't come to a deal. >> you agree they will probably come to a small deal. but the bigger issue could happen a couple of months from now, and...
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i think that boehner will tend to ignore the tea party members. i think whoever is the democratic leader will probably ignore the kind of move on dot-org members. >> greta: you know what, tell me you what really annoy meas. everybody has known about the fiscal cliff for a year and-a-half. in november last year, we knew it was going to happen. now we have had the election, we paid their salaries while they ran for office on both sides of the aisle. they have six weeks to come up with a deal. it is want much time. on the edge of six weeks coming up, what happens? we need everybody to get in the same room. president needs to call the major leader and the speaker. what does the president do? he plans an overseas trip into burma, instead of staying home and bringing everybody to the oval office and pounding out an agreement? >> what the president has to do is to propose a budget, propose a plan. he didn't do it in the debt limit fight. he let one emerge from the negotiations. i don't think that's a presidential leadership. he needs to submit a program
i think that boehner will tend to ignore the tea party members. i think whoever is the democratic leader will probably ignore the kind of move on dot-org members. >> greta: you know what, tell me you what really annoy meas. everybody has known about the fiscal cliff for a year and-a-half. in november last year, we knew it was going to happen. now we have had the election, we paid their salaries while they ran for office on both sides of the aisle. they have six weeks to come up with a...
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the republicans with the house speaker, john boehner, leading the charge, talked about what he said in public, that he really believes that spending cuts have to be a big part of any debt ceiling vote in the coming months. they talked about tax cuts. it is a little bit dishearting to hear they didn't get a lot done. they did agree that they liked the sandwiches. >> we know that deli. they make good sandwiches. let's turn then. there is a lot of posturing. i want you to listen to jim cooper of tennessee. a lot of americans would think this is a great idea. >> i am proud that the kau kcaus supporting no budget, no pay. it is to get congress to do its most basic work on tile. they would have to pass a budget and the appropriations bills before october 1st of each year. the way the constitution works, we can't change it this year but we can change it for the next congress. >> so dana, you have to love this idea. you do your work, you do it on time or you don't get paid. that's what congressman cooper and his friends say should happen in congress. i am going to bet, take us to the senate fl
the republicans with the house speaker, john boehner, leading the charge, talked about what he said in public, that he really believes that spending cuts have to be a big part of any debt ceiling vote in the coming months. they talked about tax cuts. it is a little bit dishearting to hear they didn't get a lot done. they did agree that they liked the sandwiches. >> we know that deli. they make good sandwiches. let's turn then. there is a lot of posturing. i want you to listen to jim...
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>>bret: speaker boehner, with only republicans, the plan "b" vote, that is what that was. this is different. it who is democrats, as well. the question is, will the speaker fiscal year he gets to the point where a majority of his majority does not support the legislation that comes over from the senate, assuming it is through the senate, now, if it comes over to the house of representatives and conservatives in house caucus, a majoriy of them, do not support it, does he, then, still bring it to the floor and pass it with a majority of democratic votes? that is something that he has not beening to do and he talked about that last year, and it is the hastert rule, the majority of the majority, something that speaker said he would stick to. >> a final question, could the house of representatives, or would the house is decided to vote if there were no spending cuts on the table if the sequestration was involved? >>bret: that is the biggest sticking point. i do. now the republicans are saying they want to have that fight on the other side. they want to have that fight with the
>>bret: speaker boehner, with only republicans, the plan "b" vote, that is what that was. this is different. it who is democrats, as well. the question is, will the speaker fiscal year he gets to the point where a majority of his majority does not support the legislation that comes over from the senate, assuming it is through the senate, now, if it comes over to the house of representatives and conservatives in house caucus, a majoriy of them, do not support it, does he, then,...
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speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way to making progress and giving the american people what they wanted from all of their leaders some substantive move forward on the big issues that face the country. taxes and spending are on everyoney mind. >> gop's give on taxes. you think the democrats will play fair on entitlements. >> that is on the agenda and democrats recognize it is it not only increasing the revenue. you need a balance. both increase in revenue, but you need a cut in spending. >> you can't ignore the path. if we don't reform entitlements, there is it a country that is broke. as l
speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way...
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karen, if i were to con flat the words of mitt romney, john boehner and eric cantor for you these figures say president obama has got in the way of recovery and his policies are a total failure. only problem, unemployment is at its lowest in three years. >> somehow i think they missed the news that the president's policies have created 3.7 million jobs. as i like to do, i went back and in february of 2008 for the same period during george bush's presidency we had lost jobs and lost 63,000 jobs. somehow they don't remember that all those policies that they supported back then, we were losing jobs and now we're gaining jobs but that's a bad thing. it's really a sad statement when you have republicans actually rooting against the success of the american economy. >> that's what they appear to be doing. you've been critical of rom in the past saying he changes his position more times than a 4-year-old with adhd. you have to salute his consistency now. he said he's not concerned about the very poor and he's a friend with billionaire that's a form of fiscal consistency whether you like it or not
karen, if i were to con flat the words of mitt romney, john boehner and eric cantor for you these figures say president obama has got in the way of recovery and his policies are a total failure. only problem, unemployment is at its lowest in three years. >> somehow i think they missed the news that the president's policies have created 3.7 million jobs. as i like to do, i went back and in february of 2008 for the same period during george bush's presidency we had lost jobs and lost 63,000...
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. >> president obama wrapping a rare bipartisan meeting with john boehner, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid. the meeting was originally scheduled so the president could push congressional leaders to break tlul the log jam on his so-called to do list of economic policies, and before going into the meeting speaker boehner pushed back against criticism he would hold the economy hostage. >> i am not threatening default. what i am trying to do is encourage people on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capitol and both sides of pennsylvania avenue to be honest with the american people and ourselves and to begin to tackle this problem in an adult like fashion. >> and add this to the pot this morning. on the daily run down democratic senator barr ra boxer alleged that republicans are making up a crisis here. >> they're setting up a big might, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say, oh, my goodness, maybe if we change everything things will be better and maybe we need a different
. >> president obama wrapping a rare bipartisan meeting with john boehner, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid. the meeting was originally scheduled so the president could push congressional leaders to break tlul the log jam on his so-called to do list of economic policies, and before going into the meeting speaker boehner pushed back against criticism he would hold the economy hostage. >> i am not threatening default. what i am trying to do is encourage people on both...
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boehner says let's talk about jobs. we are when you're discussing the working peer and there's an implication that the person that wants to be president of the united states seeing them as people who are slacking or not significant enough for him to try and seek their vote through legislation, ideas and policies that might improve their lives. that is discussing jobs. >> of course it is. a lot of those people are romney voters. the demographic he's doing best with is seniors. there are 12 million seniors in that group of veterans, soldiers abroad don't pay taxes. their income isn't taxable. they don't pay taxes. obviously, that's a group he's doing pretty well. it's astounding, stunning that someone would make that statement. >> we want to talk about how this effects down ticket. you have dean heller in nevada, tight race says i just don't view the world the same way as governor romney. scott brown has a big debate tonight with elizabeth warren. elsd that's not the view he had of the world here. we talked about four gop
boehner says let's talk about jobs. we are when you're discussing the working peer and there's an implication that the person that wants to be president of the united states seeing them as people who are slacking or not significant enough for him to try and seek their vote through legislation, ideas and policies that might improve their lives. that is discussing jobs. >> of course it is. a lot of those people are romney voters. the demographic he's doing best with is seniors. there are 12...
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speaker boehner and cantor said the same thing, part of the republican leadership. but if positions remain as they are, that vote will come next week. part of the republican leadership is joining me, paul ryan from business. this is fast moving, congressman and glad do have you here. do you subscribe to that view, the documents come in, a vote is avoided? >> attorney general eric holder brought this upon himself. he has been stonewalling congress for 16 months. and, yes, he can avoid this if he brings the documents that have been requested for months. >>neil: do you think, a lot of cynics will say quickly, that this is along party line and this is sort of like a republican situation to embarrass the attorney general and embarrass the white house. >>guest: embarrassing is "fast and furious," and we need to get to the bottom it. all congress is doing is details in the constitution, its job, to conduct oversight of the executive branch. we have separation of powers and this is infringed upon by this stonewalling so we are just doing our jobs here in the legislative bra
speaker boehner and cantor said the same thing, part of the republican leadership. but if positions remain as they are, that vote will come next week. part of the republican leadership is joining me, paul ryan from business. this is fast moving, congressman and glad do have you here. do you subscribe to that view, the documents come in, a vote is avoided? >> attorney general eric holder brought this upon himself. he has been stonewalling congress for 16 months. and, yes, he can avoid this...
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. >>> take a look at what john boehner said about mitt romney. boehner was at a fund raiser in west virginia last week and offered a surprisingly straightforward answer to a woman who asked him if he could make her love romney. according to roll call, boehner told her no. quote, listen, we're just politicians. i wasn't elected to play god. the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i'll tell you this. 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and they're going to vote for or against barack obama. mitt romney has some friends, relatives, and fellow mormons, some people that are going to vote for him. but that's not what this election is about. this election is going to be a referendum on the president's failed economic policies. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance pl
. >>> take a look at what john boehner said about mitt romney. boehner was at a fund raiser in west virginia last week and offered a surprisingly straightforward answer to a woman who asked him if he could make her love romney. according to roll call, boehner told her no. quote, listen, we're just politicians. i wasn't elected to play god. the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i'll tell you this. 95% of the people that show up to vote in november...
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conciliatory. >> andrea: boehner did -- boehner has taken heat. in his defense he has taken a ton of flak on this. he has given a terrible hand of cards. but he came to the table. he tried to at least bring something to the floor. mitch mcconnell knows he can't pass anything, any tax cut for everyone under $1 million. kimberly, that wouldn't even pass the senate. >> juan: allow me to introduce a little sanity to this forum. >> andrea: yes, juan. >> juan: say it's incredit to believe me he would say they're far apart. they're not far apart. boehner wants $1 trillion to new revenue. closing loopholes or deduction or whatever. obama is $1.2 trillion. that is not far apart. in terms of cut, boehner said one for one. $1 trillion in terms of the spending cuts. obama is 1.3 more on boehner -- let me finish. obama has stimulus spending built in. they are not far apart. [ overtalk ] >> eric: boehner can get $1 million and below -- just dance is because -- listen, you can't blame that on democrats. republicans would not come in -- >> andrea: how dare they d
conciliatory. >> andrea: boehner did -- boehner has taken heat. in his defense he has taken a ton of flak on this. he has given a terrible hand of cards. but he came to the table. he tried to at least bring something to the floor. mitch mcconnell knows he can't pass anything, any tax cut for everyone under $1 million. kimberly, that wouldn't even pass the senate. >> juan: allow me to introduce a little sanity to this forum. >> andrea: yes, juan. >> juan: say it's...
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with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conversation you have -- the problem is the party doesn't trust john boehner. >> he's out front. heap said any dollar increase in ceiling has to have at least a dollar reduction in spending and he wants the bush tax cuts extended so we don't go into another double dip recession. obama wants to raise taxes and does not want to cut spending. he's going to lose that battle politically, can he not? >> you can't say your hero is winning and president bushing the presidential corner when he has no leverage. the truth of the matter that the debt ceiling cliff that happens after november. so democrats could simply do nothing, the bush tax cuts expire that, would help to solve the deficit problem because that would introduce revenues into the system over the objections, wouldn't matter what republicans want to do. those tax cuts are going to expire at t
with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conversation you have -- the problem is the party doesn't trust john boehner. >> he's out front. heap said any dollar increase in ceiling has to have at least a dollar reduction in spending and he wants the bush tax cuts extended so we don't go into another double dip recession. obama wants to...
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i thought john boehner said it right, we are inviting you to lead. >> greta: the thing that cannot be ignored is that we are a year past, when we knew the committee or limp a year -- almost a year past. and if leadership is what was needed and if you sign that to president obama, he hasn't done that. we are pushed up a -- against a deadline with very serious decisions. do you think the house and the senate and the president will resolve this by january 1? or are they going to kick it down the road again? >> congress has a long history of preferring to kick the can down the road. there is no question about that. however, this is a much more serious thing that they have come up against than i have ever seen before, in terms of the budget and then the fiscal cliff. what do i think will happen? hopefully, they will agree on a framework. you are not going to do tax reform in the next 6 or 8 weeks. you are not going to do entitlement reform in the next 6 or 8 weeks. i think what we should hope for, that they get serious together, see a path and say, okay, we are going to take whatever the s
i thought john boehner said it right, we are inviting you to lead. >> greta: the thing that cannot be ignored is that we are a year past, when we knew the committee or limp a year -- almost a year past. and if leadership is what was needed and if you sign that to president obama, he hasn't done that. we are pushed up a -- against a deadline with very serious decisions. do you think the house and the senate and the president will resolve this by january 1? or are they going to kick it down...
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in washington -- >> technically it's speaker boehner. >> in washington it's speaker boehner. but outside of washington, i think it's a jump ball. there are new governor who is will sort of be inspected and watched a little bit. but it's a crop of rising young stars. >> i was just going to say is marco rubio the de facto that every donor says where's marco rubio. >> rubio put out a statement last night that was interesting. it's like here's what we need the republican party to do. it wasn't the sort of thing speaking broadly to his party we need to reach out to minorities. and i think that's -- i mean, it was an unusual move i think for a relatively junior senator to put out this defining statement. >> karen, you assume that three of the four candidates for president and vice president in 2016 will not be white men. >> i think that's probably true. >> and i think whoever runs for president is ner going to say they're not going to fund planned parenthood or these other issues. >> but part of the reason you'll see minority candidates is because the republicans actually have a de
in washington -- >> technically it's speaker boehner. >> in washington it's speaker boehner. but outside of washington, i think it's a jump ball. there are new governor who is will sort of be inspected and watched a little bit. but it's a crop of rising young stars. >> i was just going to say is marco rubio the de facto that every donor says where's marco rubio. >> rubio put out a statement last night that was interesting. it's like here's what we need the republican...
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>> we saw last week, that speaker boehner doesn't control the far right of his caucus. the problem is the polarization of the two parties has made it much more difficult to come together with a deal. even, and this is the reality check, folks, 98% is agreed upon. both parties agree that 98% of americans shouldn't have their taxes raised. we're being held hostage by debate over the top 2%. that's a partisan divide. that's not just an ideological divide. every american stands to see their taxes raised in three days if they can't come to a deal. >> you agree they will probably come to a small deal. but the bigger issue could happen a couple of months from now, and that that's the debt ceiling, which we have to address, too. that's kicking the can down the road again. >> that's right. we're going to be here again. remember the debt ceiling debacle a year and a half ago? that led to the downgrading of our credit. national credit, for the first time. and the s&p blamed an atmosphere of partisanship. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again. we're going to
>> we saw last week, that speaker boehner doesn't control the far right of his caucus. the problem is the polarization of the two parties has made it much more difficult to come together with a deal. even, and this is the reality check, folks, 98% is agreed upon. both parties agree that 98% of americans shouldn't have their taxes raised. we're being held hostage by debate over the top 2%. that's a partisan divide. that's not just an ideological divide. every american stands to see their...
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listen to what he and boehner have said since the election, boehner is clearly open to revenue, doesn't want rates to go up. the president is going to reassert that wealthy have to pay some. but you can actually bridge that divide if you get into pay through something other than higher rates. for example, closing off deductions. those are the kind of -- >> the thing that mitt romney was talking about but was not specific in one of the debates. >> if you think about it the president has talked about tax reform, his acceptance speech. i don't expect him to get into details of how he'll do that. the key is the tone as andrew was saying, people confidence is very important here, es special lir to the markets, the economy, the president to come out and say we won here's the mandate you take this, take our conditions or you'll bear it on your head if a recession happens, that i think is not what the markets want to see. >> and andrew ross sorkin, as we wait for the president to walk in, what -- we see now is that the gang of eight have been meeting. you've had bob corker and others participat
listen to what he and boehner have said since the election, boehner is clearly open to revenue, doesn't want rates to go up. the president is going to reassert that wealthy have to pay some. but you can actually bridge that divide if you get into pay through something other than higher rates. for example, closing off deductions. those are the kind of -- >> the thing that mitt romney was talking about but was not specific in one of the debates. >> if you think about it the president...
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john boehner didn't want to have any type of grand bargain. he wants to wait for the new congress to be seated. how you do a temporary punt. obama has the leverage. he won re-election. so where we go from here, i think you are going to see a lot of political games next week when congress comes back to town. potentially, we go deep into december. >> the president is holding most of the cards here, he won re-election and the republicans are absolutely terrified of going over the cliff. the tax cuts expire. the president and democrats propose a bill to restore the tax cuts to all but the top bracket and the republicans say, no, no, no. we don't want to do that. we have to restore the tax cuts to the rich people. they don't want to be in that situation, they can't let themselves get in that situation. >> which is why, i think you saw john boehner come out pretty aggressively this week and say he's open to a compromise. the key word in his statement and the statement he made before the election was tax rates. he doesn't want to see the rates go up.
john boehner didn't want to have any type of grand bargain. he wants to wait for the new congress to be seated. how you do a temporary punt. obama has the leverage. he won re-election. so where we go from here, i think you are going to see a lot of political games next week when congress comes back to town. potentially, we go deep into december. >> the president is holding most of the cards here, he won re-election and the republicans are absolutely terrified of going over the cliff. the...